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It’s highly unlikely that Robert Downey Jr or Scarlett Johansson will be turning up in the series, but there would always be room for a cameo from smaller actors like Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, or even Mark Ruffalo as Dr Bruce Banner.

Author references Arkham Asylum in Batman tale

The fate of Heath Ledger’s Joker has been hinted at in the novelisation of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.

Series director Christopher Nolan made a point of not mentioning the iconic character in his latest movie out of respect for Ledger, who tragically died prior to the release of ‘The Dark Knight’ in 2008.

The book states that Arkham Asylum (absent from Nolan’s two sequels to ‘Batman Begins’) was left almost empty following the Harvey Dent Act, which is an early plot point in the movie born from the demise of Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) in the 2008 film and the subsequent covering up of his death.

Blackgate Prison is where the majority of criminals now reside except for, according to the book, the clown prince of crime.

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A worker rolling up the red carpet (Credit: PA)Warner Bros. have cancelled tonight’s planned Paris premiere of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ following the fatal shooting that took place at a midnight screening of the film held in Denver, Colorado.

Cast and director were expected at Paris hotel Le Bristol for a series of media interviews before heading to the red carpet event.

Sources from the hotel have been reported as saying the cast were “absolutely devastated” by news of the tragic events in the Aurora area of Denver.

Journalists who turned up for a daytime press conference in the French capital were told to leave in lieu of the shootings that claimed the lives of 12 cinemagoers. A reporter spoke of the “total confusion” at the high profile venue.

French actress Marion Cotillard, who stars in the film, was expected to give an interview to the France’s main national TV station TF1 but also cancelled her appearance.

Unconfirmed video, uploaded to YouTube, showing people apparently leave Century 16 theatre in Aurora Mall, Denver after the attack by the masked gunman.

Video footage showing the alleged aftermath of the fatal shooting at a midnight screening of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ has surfaced online.

Uploaded to YouTube shortly after the news broke, the video shows the panic as cinemagoers fled the Aurora, Colorado shopping mall where the cinema was located.

Watch it below.

The video was uploaded by user “13shantyltoledo”, who joined the site in October of last year and has only uploaded one video prior to this one - a song called “Colorado Representin”, which adds some credibility as to his location.

Man named James Holmes (24) suspected of attack during midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises at Aurora Mall in Colorado

A photo of suspected Colorado gunman James Holmes released by the University of Colorado Denver (Copyright: REX)A masked gunman has killed 12 people and wounded at least 40 others at a screening of the new Batman movie ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in the Aurora area of Denver, Colorado.

It has been reported by the BBC that one of the victims was only three months old, while Associated Press (AP) have said another victim was only 6 years of age. The condition of both children is yet to be confirmed.

The Aurora Police Department said in a statement that "12 persons are deceased, with the bodies of 10 victims still at the crime scene inside the theatre. At least two more victims died at area hospitals."

A 24-year-old man, named by FBI sources as 24-year-old James Holmes, was arrested by police and “put up no resistance” according to a BBC reporter.

Police say the suspect was in possession of a rifle and hand-gun. CBS reports that Holmes’ home was "booby-trapped" in anticipation of a police presence.

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